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These baked Vegan Orange Cranberry Donuts are the perfect addition to your holiday dessert menu! These donuts are super simple to make and are loaded with fresh cranberries and tonnes of yummy orange goodness!

I must admit, one of my favourite parts of the holiday season is alllllllll the holiday baking that takes place. Amidst all the Christmas cookies, cakes, pies, chocolates (of course), etc, etc, I personally think we need to add some donuts into the mix. And with the plethora of fresh cranberries available right now, lets do something a little more unique than the typical cranberry sauce, shall we?

These easy muffins pack all the flavour of a traditional chocolate orange, in vegan form! At 200 calories a pop, you can definitely indulge a bit this holiday season!

Hello, friends! And welcome to December! Is anyone else still shocked that another Christmas season is already here? To me, this time of year is always just a blur of craziness combined with a constant sugar high from the ever flowing supply of chocolate that seems to keep magically replenishing itself. Then it’s suddenly January and a new year has emerged through the haze of sugar.

These quick and easy Vegan Pumpkin Spice Donuts topped with maple glaze and cinnamon sugar are the absolute perfect Fall treat for all donut lovers!

My deep seeded love for donuts strikes again. I sometimes gawk at the fact vegan donuts are basically impossible to find in Calgary, but then I remember that making your own are so much more satisfying, healthy, and delicious. And since it’s the season of pumpkin everything, a pumpkin spice donut recipe was inevitable.

This recipe got me thinking, though. It was one of those critical thinking moments when you ponder things that are extraordinarily important in the universe and all its vastness.
Things like: “Why TF are donuts called donuts?..” 🤔…

Good old fashioned apple pie in vegan form! This is literally the best apple pie ever, with an easy flaky crust and a amazing filling of tart apples enrobed in cinnamon and sweetness!

I can’t even describe to you guys how excited I am to FINALLY be getting this recipe up on the blog. The day is here! Apple pie. Veganified. Yessssss. Apple pie has been an absolute lifelong favourite dessert of mine. But lets be real here, homemade pies are a little involved. If you’re looking for an easy way to satisfy apple pie cravings, definitely give my Apple Oatmeal Bars a try. But if you’re ready to do the whole sh-bang and make a damn pie, lets go! Just in time to make it on the Thanksgiving menu for all my friends in the USA!

You know those moments when you kinda want something chocolatey, kinda want something fruity, and kindamost definitely want something nutty? I don’t know about you guys, but I have those moments preeeetty often. Not gonna lie.

What I usually end up doing is spreading some variety of nut butter onto a plain rice cake and topping it with banana slices. Then squish a few chocolate chips in between the bananas, of course. And while that’s all fine and dandy and gets the job done, sometimes I just want somethin’ thats pretty much the same, but kinda different. But it can’t take too long or require too much effort. Know what I’m sayin’? Enter these little bites of goodness:

Everything you love about traditional apple pie, in an easy bar form! These Apple Oatmeal Bars are vegan AND gluten free, and will surely satisfy all your apple pie cravings.

Hello, friends! And Happy October! I seriously can’t believe how fast September blew by. Like, what? Where? September, where u go? Okay whatever September, BYE ✋🏼.
So with October here, Thanksgiving is right around the corner for us Canadians, and the flavours and yumminess of apple pie have been on my mind. Plus, all the mountainous piles of apples at the grocery store have been reminding me that it’s definitely time to get cookin’ with some apples.

Is it just me that finds it so exciting to see and try all the obscure varieties of apples that are in season this time of year!? My personal favourite apples this time of year are honeycrisps, no doubt about it. In fact, I am currently snacking on one as I write this! Mmmm.

These classic vegan blueberry muffins are the perfect way to satisfy those pesky muffin cravings! Chia seeds add a bit of crunch and tonnes of nutrients to these amazing muffins.

Okay, okay I know, summer is over, but can we do just ONE more summer inspired recipe? The weather is pretty alright in YYC atm, so I think it’s fitting! Might as well make the best of the the last of this years blueberries, ’cause this is the final stretch before a tiny burst of fall turns into another full fledged Canadian winter. AUGH. If anyone in California wants to adopt me, I will bake for you. Pls. Save me.

Meet your new favourite fall treat – this vegan chocolate chip pumpkin loaf! This is the perfect amount of sweet and spice to satisfy those fall sweet tooth cravings!

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Okay so before we get into this weeks recipe, I just want to preface this post by saying that this might just be my Fall 2017 GO TO treat. For realz guys, I am absolutely obsessed with this pumpkin loaf. Everything about it is just 👌🏼.

I will admit, when I initially planned on doing a recipe that combined pumpkin with chocolate, I wasn’t sure how I would like it/how it would turn out/what its state of eatability would be. I mean, I love pumpkin, I love chocolate, but having them together? Same damn time? I was hesitant. Mind you, this was much prior to me searching the combo on Pinterest and realizing this is, in fact, a much loved pairing….

Hiya, friends! This week I’ve got an extremely easy loaf for ya. It’s filled with lots of yum yum blueberries and topped with a simple cinnamon streusel topping. Cinnamon + blueberries = Amaaaaazing, right? There are still some nice lookin’ blueberries lingering around the grocery store so we best take advantage! Let’s get to it.

This is the perfect lazy day baking idea. I know, ’cause I was definitely feeling a bit lazy when I was trying to test this. I think the fact that September is here, which means it’s Fall, which, at the end of the day, means it’s basically Winter in Canada, has been getting to me. Cool mornings and chilly evenings are continually reminding me that yet another summer has come and gone.

Start the fall season off right with these incredibly easy pumpkin carrot muffins! These are vegan, free of gluten and deeelicious!

Hello, friends! And hello, September! I can’t believe you’ve arrived so soon. The kiddos are goin’ back to school, the leaves are starting to turn yellow, I need mittens some mornings and evenings.. yeah I seriously do, don’t judge me! Cold hand problems, I tell ya. Pretty sure I wouldn’t dislike colder weather so much if my HANDS didn’t freeze at temperatures below 15 °C. Sighhhhh. And before we know it, it’ll be Christmas! OMG. WHAT.

I must admit though, the most wonderful thing about the coming of Autumn is all the warm, flavourful, fall spices that make their way into everything. Less than a week into September and I am guilty of already making pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin spice tea, a pumpkin chocolate chip loaf (RECIPE SOOOON!), and these pumpkin carrot oat muffins! I am diligently including the p’kins in pretty much everything possible….